CVE-2021-1462

MEDIUM

Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software - Privilege Escalation via Malicious File Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have a valid Administrator account on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to incorrect privilege assignment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected system with an Administrator account and creating a malicious file, which the system would parse at a later time. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain root privileges on the affected system.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (39)
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 17.2.4
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 17.2.5
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 17.2.6
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 17.2.7
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 17.2.8
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 17.2.9
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 17.2.10
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 18.2.0
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 18.3.1
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 18.3.1.1
... and 29 more
Published Nov 18, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026